Moving object along edge direction

Hi.

I can’t find a way to move this object in one direction along it’s edge-direction reliably. Is this possible or maybe I’m thinking the wrong way? The object is not aligned with a 90 degree axis.

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Use the Normal Transformation instead of Global.

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select an edge which lies in the direction you want to move along
in the transform orientations box click the plus sign

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in the options box at the bottom of the viewport
give the orientation a name and check use after creation

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now when you want to move, extrude, rotate, etc you can choose this custom orientation
with this orientation selected, g z will move an element along the direction you have chosen

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That was brilliant! Thank you!

Thank you, that worked as well!! Excellent!